Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy by Daniel Bornstein

The University of Chicago Press

Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy\nby Daniel Bornstein\nHardback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Daniel Bornstein\nTitle: Women and Religion in Medieval and Renaissance Italy\nFormat: Hardback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Gender studies: women and girls\nPublisher: The University of Chicago Press\nPublication year: 1996\nISBN-13: 9780226066370\nISBN-10: 0226066371\nRRP: \u00A380.00\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to carve out areas of influence by exploiting the institutional church and by manipulating religious precepts. Contributors argue that women's participation in religious life offered them access to power in all its forms.\n\nThis work shows how women between the 12th and 16th centuries were able to c.